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SOA Nick has his fourth post in a series on the impact of the business operating model on Service Oriented Architecture with SOA in the Replication Model Microsoft My collegue Mickey Williams has posted that Microsoft Search Server (MSS) 2008 and MSS Express, two Enterprise Search products are available...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 11-06-2007
Wanted: A Windows Edition for Power and Professional Users

Scott asks, "Wouldn't it be great if there were an edition of Windows with all of the stupid features turned off?" Yes, it would and it must happen soon . I've spent the week and with my new Alienware and Vista Ultimate and I am frustrated well beyond words . So, I'll use Scott's...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 04-15-2007
New and Notable 140

I haven't felt like blogging much lately. Some of that is due to how much is going on at work (much more on that when I feel like it) but I have also haven't really felt jazzed about blogging lately. I want to, and am starting to devote more time to get myself into the gym and my family, both...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 02-11-2007
New and Notable 139

Winter has finally set in with single digit temps and minus degrees wind chills but still no snow. WPF/Avalon Adam's WPF book is out and flying off the shelves apparently ! I have been looking forward to this one as his COM Interop book is the bible there. Feb CTP of WPF/E! New Docs, SDK and QuickStarts...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 02-05-2007
Windows Vista Disappointing on Launch

So today's the day. After 5+ years, Windows Vista launches and it seems that there barely is a whimper. In really looking the last two days, there seems to be no real online and blogger buzz, and no real excitement. Where was that vaunted Billion dollar ad campaign? Why were there no TV ads? Anything...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 01-30-2007
New and Notable 117

I am still reeling from seeing the Red Hot Chili Peppers with Mars Volta 2 nights ago in Philly at the Wachovia Center. The Peppers were beyond grea t with Frusciante taking a very active lead role. Many of the songs contained a full-out Hendrix-type feedback solo in it that showed the depth of his talents...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 10-26-2006
Sept .NET FW 3 Installed on Vista RC1 (5600)

Ok after all this confus ion (a bunch of questions still remain), I was able to install the whole bunch on Vista 5600 and I got my first Avalon program working there from VS2005. .NET 3 Runtime Components (already installed in box) Microsoft Windows SDK Sept CTP Orcas Tools for .NET Framework 3 Windows...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 10-01-2006
September CTP, Orcas Tools, I'm So Confused!

As I said in my Vista post, "As you know from all my posts about our project we are not exactly using old technology but everything bleeding that pushes the edge (.NET 3, WCF, etc)." That and having over 20 years of alpha and beta program experience at Microsoft (Building 20 is my 2nd home...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 09-30-2006
Vista RC1 Experiences Highly Variable

I don't know what to title this post. My friend Scott Hanselman is having all sorts of legitimate problems with Vista RC1 and finds the experience painful, which have led at least some to not install. He lists a bunch of things that either don't install or are not working correctly. As we all...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 09-21-2006
Vista RC1 and Ready to Go

My friend Shawn says , " Yes, I said upgrading XP! The good news is that is build is very very good. Not perfect, but very good! I am able to use it as my main box " about Pre-RC Build 5536. I agree 1000%. Since my install a few days ago, I have been blown away at both the performance (yes...

Posted to Sam Gentile (Weblog) by Sam Gentile on 09-01-2006

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